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Plans like the Green New Deal could end up making the U.S. more dependent on China, according to reports. A new study found the U.S. would need to import more rare earth minerals from China to build more offshore wind turbines. “These demands would total over 15.5 [gigagrams] of neodymium by 2050,” reads the study.

A woman with two Chinese passports was arrested and charged after reportedly lying to Secret Service agents and gaining access to Mar-a-Lago with malicious software while President Donald Trump was present. Yujing Zhang, 32, arrived at a Secret Service checkpoint Saturday afternoon outside of the president’s club in Palm Beach, Florida. She told agents

China is trying to stem an economic slowdown, including rising unemployment, continuing into the first two months of 2019 after documenting its worst year of economic growth in nearly 30 years in 2018. Beijing is trying to counter the slowdown by spending more on infrastructure project and encouraging banks to extend loans to small

Russia and China vetoed a popular resolution, intended to help the Venezuelan people, in a United Nations Security Council meeting on Thursday, according to a U.S. State Department official. Elliot Abrams “There was a session of the UN Security Council yesterday on Venezuela. The United States presented a resolution that got the requisite nine

President Donald Trump seemed optimistic ahead of an Oval Office meeting with Chinese officials for tariff negotiations ahead of a March 1 deadline in a flurry of tweets Thursday. “Meetings are going well with good intent and spirit on both sides,” he wrote on Twitter Thursday. “China does not want an increase in Tariffs and

Anyone who doubts whether the world is once again immersed in great power competition should read the 2019 China Military Power Report released today by the Defense Intelligence Agency. The 140-page booklet explains China’s strategy and its efforts to supplant the United States and impose its rules on the international order. In a preface

Chinese Vice Premier Liu He is officially set to visit the United States to help negotiate an end to the long-lasting trade war between both countries. Liu has accepted an invitation to visit Washington, D.C., on January 30 and 31, where he will speak with both U.S. Trade Representative Robert Lighthizer and Treasury Secretary Steven

Documents from a case brought by U.S. authorities against Chinese tech giant Huawei suggest that the company was using front companies in Iran and Syria to circumvent U.S. sanctions against those countries. What’s the story? For the past two years, U.S. prosecutors have been investigating whether Huawei had been shipping U.S. goods to Iran, in

In August, Apple became the first U.S. firm to reach a market cap of more than $1 trillion, and coasted through most of 2018 as the highest-valued company in the world. But over the past three months, the tech giant’s stock price has been in a free fall — and the firm blames China’s economy.

Chinese President Xi Jinping called for his country’s reunification with Taiwan Wednesday, saying China would pursue peaceful means for now but would not rule out the use of force, The New York Times reported. Taiwan, which refers to itself as the Republic of China, is the remnant of Western-backed forces that opposed the communist

U.S. President Donald Trump was able to extract a number of concessions from Chinese President Xi Jinping in exchange for not imposing any new tariffs on Chinese goods. Trump reached a major agreement while meeting with the world’s top leaders over the weekend. At the G-20 Summit in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Trump and Xi

President Donald Trump told reporters aboard Air Force One late Saturday night that he and President Xi of China had come to an initial agreement that would be one of the largest deals ever made. “It’s an incredible deal. It goes down, certainly — if it happens, it goes down as one of the

by Jason Hopkins Chinese manufacturers are feeling the pinch of President Donald Trump’s tariffs as U.S. retailers continue to slash orders and cut down on price. (Article Continues Below Advertisement) Major U.S. retailers are bracing themselves as the country prepares for more levies to be slapped on Chinese goods. Home Depot and Walmart, for example,

Defense Secretary James N. Mattis shared the thinking behind the new National Defense Strategy during a discussion at the United States Institute of Peace in Washington yesterday. Defense Secretary James N. Mattis speaks at the United States Institute of Peace, in a discussion moderated by Stephen J. Hadley, the chair of the institute’s board

Chinese intelligence officers and those working under their direction, which included hackers and co-opted company insiders, conducted or otherwise enabled repeated intrusions into private companies’ computer systems in the United States and abroad for over five years, according to the U.S. Department of Justice. The conspirators’ ultimate goal was to steal, among other data,

by Gavin Hanson (Article Continues Below Advertisement) China’s first privately funded attempt to launch a satellite into Earth’s orbit failed during the final stage of its flight on Saturday around 4 a.m. EST, according to a Monday Quartz report. An “abnormality” in the third stage of the Zhuque-1 rocket failed to put the CCTV satellite,

by Tim Pearce President Donald Trump is preparing to scrap the 1987 Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty with Russia that has hindered the U.S. response to the Chinese military producing and stockpiling weapons in the Pacific, American officials and foreign diplomats told The New York Times. (Article Continues Below Advertisement) President Ronald Reagan

by Gavin Hanson A Chinese People’s Liberation Army Navy (PLAN) destroyer came too close for comfort Sunday while confronting a U.S. Navy destroyer in a brazen show of force in the South China Sea. In a maneuver officials are calling “unsafe and unprofessional,” the Chinese ship, a Luyang-class guided missile destroyer, forced the USS Decatur

Did you know that before you even wake up in the morning you are subsiding profits to Chinese companies? It has to do with how our country levies shipping costs for products shipped from China. The fact is, shipping costs for products shipped by China into the United States are tantamount to nothing. Without

President Donald Trump held a roundtable discussion on the passage of the Foreign Investment Risk Review Modernization Act (FIRRMA) and, in particular, strategy in dealing with China as a bad actor in international trade. Initially, FIRRMA was introduced as separate measures in the House and the Senate, but on August 2, the two bodies agreed

by Will Racke During a two-year period beginning in late 2010, the CIA station in Beijing watched as Chinese authorities rolled up its entire human intelligence network across the country in one of the agency’s worst debacles in recent memory. For years, CIA officials could only guess at how the disaster — in

Defendants trafficked items that included fake Louis Vuitton and Tory Burch handbags, Michael Kors wallets, Hermes belts and Chanel perfume. 34 individuals were charged Thursday following an investigation by U.S. Immigration and Customs Enforcement’s (ICE) Homeland Security Investigations (HSI) into a scheme to illegally bring into the United States millions of dollars of Chinese-manufactured

A majority of business owners, including small business owners, support additional tariffs on China, according to a poll released from UBS polling. A majority of business owners also supported additional tariffs on Mexico, Europe, and Canada. The poll revealed that 71 percent of business owners support additional tariffs on China. 66 percent of business owners

Stock market index futures initially dropped in early Friday trading after President Donald Trump issued another threat to China over its unfair trade practices. The markets initially reacted to the president’s comments in a CNBC interview that aired Friday morning. Trump said he’s “ready to go” on tariffs against all Chinese imports worth over

by Eric Lieberman Apple recently gave control of certain user data to a Chinese state-owned telecommunications operator, after moving the information earlier in the year, according to multiple reports. Based off of a social media post published Tuesday by China Telecom, the company has taken charge of Apple’s iCloud system for Chinese users, TechCrunch reports. Before,

Business reporter Harrison Jacobs accurately describes China as a “techno–authoritarian” state. Where the Nazis used inaccurate Phrenology and calipers to identify enemies of the state, China uses the latest in technology to constantly identify, monitor, exhort and if need be, round up recalcitrant citizens. The government’s reach is so pervasive that the fleeting appearance

In response to China’s unwillingness to grant fair access to its markets for U.S. goods and forced turnover of American technology, President Donald Trump ordered the United States Trade Representative (USTR) to identify additional Chinese imports that will have a duty placed on them. “China has determined that it will raise tariffs on $50 billion

President Donald Trump announced Friday that his administration would levy tariffs against China in response to decades of unfair trade practices and theft of American intellectual property. China has threatened retaliation, but there is little chance for a full-blown trade war. “Trade between our nations, however, has been very unfair, for a very long

by Ryan Pickrell China will not yield any ground or make any concessions on trade if the U.S. decides to implement President Donald Trump’s proposed tariffs, a Chinese statement carried by state media suggested Sunday. U.S. Secretary of Commerce Wilbur Ross arrived in Beijing Saturday for trade negotiations amid rising tensions between the